I am not a native English speaker and I have sometimes referred to people as male and female (as that is what I have been taught) but I have received some backlash in some cases, especially for the word “female”, is there some negative thought in the word which I am unaware of?

I don’t know if this is the best place to ask, if it’s not appropriate I have no problem to delete it ^^

  • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
    3·
    9 months ago

    Your response demonstrates why you’re not qualified to have an opinion on what is or isn’t a gender.

    • kemsat@lemmy.world
      2·
      9 months ago

      I’m qualified to know gender ≠ sex. Your opinion demonstrates why you’re delusional.

      • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        I was never disputing that, so I don’t see what what point you think you’re making.

        What is the gender of a cis boy?

        • kemsat@lemmy.world
          1·
          9 months ago

          I guess the gender is “cis boy?” But I don’t care about gender. I’d consider gender a mental state. While sex is a physical state. Sex determines the part your body plays in biological sexual reproduction, under normal/usual/typical/common genetic circumstances. Aka you either get pregnant or you cause someone else to be pregnant.

          Again, why the fuck does gender matter beyond an individual’s mental state? It’s literally a different matter from sex. Hence why trans is even a thing at all.